AP Harasses Own Member Over AP Youtube Videos

A reader writes "The Associated Press, who has been acting very bipolar lately about Google News (they get paid by Google for their content, and then complain about Google 'stealing' that content), has another issue with not knowing what their association is up to: they set up a channel on Youtube, and then threatened an AP affiliate for embedding that content."

Car analogy

[Anonymous Coward]

You pay a parking license to go to someone's garage, and then get towed for parking in someone's garage!

Re:Yeah, well...

[Norsefire]

Goddammit. You forget to log out for two minutes and jerkface co-workers are uploading AP owned media on your YouTube account and allowing embedding. Status = currently sending out cease and desist letters.

Re:Car analogy

[rob1980]

Thank you, this discussion is now over. Everybody please exit the thread!

Re:ex - news sys admin

[Anonymous Coward]

Mod parent +5 Hindsightful.

Re:Have we learned nothing!?

[Anonymous Coward]

A C&D is the first step that is required for suing someone. It's a required first step. You don't send C&D's unless you intend on following it up with a lawsuit if they don't cease and desist.

But then, this is Slashdot. Where any and every Anonymous Coward has to chime in, whether or not they know anything about the subject matter...oh, wait...damn...

Re:Car analogy

[Anonymous Coward]

Imagine that you were trying to load a station wagon full of magnetic tapes into the library of congress. And a football field full of Volkswagon Beatles filled with hard disks races around you and charges you money for the privilege. Meanwhile, the hogshead of petrol that you bought a fortnight ago is running out while you wait.

Solution

[BitterAndDrunk]

Flash Gordian?
Flash - a-ah - saviour of the universe
Flash - a-ah - he'll save everyone of us

*ducks*

Re:Signing its own death warrant

[InsertWittyNameHere]

The problem is that AP doesn't want to stop Google from indexing them, they just want to be paid more.

No, they just want Google, the young whippersnappers of the media world, to get off their lawn.

Re:Charlie Rose

[disccomp]

Yeah, then they could just Google their "beacon" and find all the sites that posted their article; hey, maybe then Google could start charging THEM for search.

Re:Have we learned nothing!?

[Anonymous Coward]

And if they don't stop.. then what do you do? Send another C&D letter?

Re:Signing its own death warrant

[Anonymous Coward]

"I hate you!" [thud]
"I hate you.... because you're Google! [thud]
"Because you're stealing our content!" [thud]
"Because you make more money... and you've been paying us for our stories..." [thud]
"...and you bring us more traffic to our site...which increases our profits..." [thud]
"...and I really want to be more like you..." [thud]
"...and I'm really attracted to your site..." [thud]
"...and your skin is so soft..." [thud]
[thud]